Ink rolling mill



June 21, 1932. w. H. BYRD INK ROLLING MI'LL Filed Aug. 51, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor A itorngy June 21, 1932. w H. BYRD INK ROLLING MILL 7 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 31, 1929 June 21, 1932. w. H. BYRD INK ROLLEING MILL Filed Aug. 31, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 3 June 21, 1932. w. H. BYRD INK ROLLING MILL Filed Aug. 31, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 4 June 21, 1932. w. H. BYRD INK ROLLING MILL Filed Aug. 51, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 June 21, 1932. w. H. BYRD INK ROLLING MILL Filed Aug. 31, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 6 A ttorney June 21, 1932. w. H. BYRD INK ROLLING MILL Filed Aug. 31, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 Inventor JKE /rd flmmh Attorney Patented June 21, 1932 j 1,863,831

UNFIED STATES "PATENT orr-rcr WI'LLIAM' BYRID, or NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA INK ROLLING MILL Application 1116a au ust *31, 1929. "Serial No. 389,793.

This inventionappertains to new "and use- Figure 8 represents elevational and partial ful lmprovement'sin mills especially adapted sectional views through one of the roller for grinding or rolling ink from it granular guides showing its bearing block about to-be constituency to apaste form. engaged with the retaining means of the In-machines of this character now in-use, guide.

great difficulty is experienced in properly Figure 9 represents a fragmentary perspecsetting the rolls so that there will be uniform tive'view of the knife carrier. pressure. It is the principal object ofthis Figure 10 represents a fragmentary secinvention to provide an ink rolling mill tionalview taken substantially on line 101O 1e wherein adjustment may be readily made to of'Figu're 4. permit the rollingof various grades of ink Figure 11 represents'a side elevation of one with 'eXtreme ease and in a simple manner. of the adjustable bearing blocks for the rolls.

Anotherimportantobject of the invention Figure 12 represents a fragmentary seeis to provide a mill of the character stated tional View through one of the adjustable '15 wherein the various parts are capable of bearing block feed devices, showing the'hanquick assembly or di'sassembly topermitredlein disengaged position. pairs'and replacements. Figure 13 represents a sectional'view taken Another important object of the invention substantially on'linelS-ltl of Figure 1. is to provide a mill wherein adjust-able Figure 14 represents "a fragmentary see- :u knives are provided for removing'the paste tional view takensubstantially on line 14:1l

film from the'rolls. of Figurel.

During the course of the followingspecifi- Figure'15'represents a side elevation discation and claims, numerous other important closing modified aprons for selecting the objects and advantages of the invention will rolled ink from rolls of modified form. V

a; readilybecome apparent. Figure 16-represents a vertical transverse Furthermore, it is to be 'understood'that View through a machine consistent with the while the following description'sets forth'the present invention but provided with someinvention in definite terms, numerous changes what modified roll constructions.

in the shape, size and materials' may be re- Figure 17 is a fragmentary detail sectional 30 sorted to without departing from the spirit view.

and scope of'the invention-as claimed herein- Referring tothe drawings wherein like ft numerals designate like parts,*by first'refer- In the drawings: ring to Figure 5, it will beseen that thema- Figure 1 represents aside'ele'vation of the chine includesen'd walls 5 connected together 35 novel machine. in spaced relation by the side walls 6 6. The

Figure 2 represents an end elevation of'the i n r flanged at their ends. at 7 1 3}; 3 a t I t. 1 t and suitable rivets 8 firmly secure the flanges p g l'epl'esen S a V91 9 ransvel'se 7 to the end walls in the manner shown. The g g l j i iaken substantlany n 11119 lower cornersof the end walls are constructed 1U l*i ure ii resents a vertical transverse asto provide f 9 stablyfupporiimgrthe setignal viewp taken ns-fibstanthny on line structure, which 1n slde elevation is disclosed a a Fig. 1. 4-4 of Fi ure 1.

Figure 5 represents a'vertical transverse T (find wa'ulsuare each lpllovldedh 3i a sectional View taken substantially on line pan 0 llpwalc y Convergmg S ers 95 e Figure 1. 1 010, while the upperedge of the respec- Figure 6 diagrammatically illustrates'the 'l end'waus are Provlded Wlth lnwardly d i i gears i h disposed flanges 1 1. The ends ofeach flange Figure '7 represents a sectional view taken 11 1? provided with'an p l decllnlns substantiallyon line 7 -7 of-Figure4. re ect-1011 12 disposed in substantial paral- V LII lelism with respect to its corresponding shoulder 10.

Journalled through the bearings 13 in the end walls is the shaft 14, which projects outwardly at one end beyond one end wall 5 and is equipped with the power pulley 15. The shaft 14 is also provided with a gear 16 in close proximity to the pulley and the driving connection of this gear with the rolls of the machine will be fully described hereinafter. V

The top surface of the flange 11 of each end wall 5 has a transversely extending groove 17 at each end thereof and a pairof transversely disposed tongues 1818 in close proximity to each other and adjacent one end of the flange, all-provided as in the manner substantially shown in Figure 5. 5 V j V A substantially U-shaped guide 19 is disposed inversely upon each end wall 5 and the end of each depending leg portion 20 is provided with a tongue 21 for engagement in the corresponding channels 17 Disposed with in the guide 1.9 are the bearing blocks 22 and 23, the block 22 being provided with transversely extending grooves therein to receive the tongues 18-18, thus maintaining the block 22 stationary, while the block 23 is capable of reciprocatory movement.

The opposed sides of the blocks 22v and 23 are recessed to receive the end portion of a compressible coiledspring 24. A shaft 25 has its ends disposed through the corresponding bearing blocks 22 at the respective ends of the machine. A hollow. shaft 26 has its ends journalled through the corresponding block 23 at the respective end of the machine and as shown in Figure 2, the shaft 25 projects beyond one of the blocks 22 and is equipped with the gears 27 and 28. The gear 27 is adapted to mesh with the drive gear 16, while the gear 28 meshes with the gear 29 suitably secured to the projecting end of the shaft 26." I

It will be observed that the shafts are hollow so thatthey may be water cooled in any suitable manner now known in the art. As is shown in Figure 3, the shaft 25 carries a roll 30, while a roll 31 circumscribes the shaft 26.

The top of eachinverted U-shaped guide 19 is provided with an arm which extends upwardly as at 32 and inwardly as at 33, the end portion being provided with a dependency 34. The dependency 34 is provided with a vertical slot 35 therein (see Figure 14) and screws 36 disposed through a plate 37 are screwed into threaded openings of a plate 38, (see Figure 3). A set screw 39 is adapted to be fed through the end portion of the horizontal part 33 of the aforementioned arm to impinge against the said plate 38 so as todrive the deformed end portion 40 of the plate against the co-acting rolls 30 and 31.

A jamb nut 41 is provided for maintain ing the set screw in an adjusted position. The deformed end portion of the plate 38 is so constructed that it will fit snugly against the rolls 30 and 31 to prevent ink from passing outwardly beyond the ends of the rolls.

It will be observed, that the present invention permits the rolled ink to be dis charged at the opposite'sides of the machine and to this end a pair of rectangular guides 42-42 are provided at each side of the mawords, each end portion of the shaft 26 passes through one of the heads 43. The upper portion of each guide 42 is provided with a hook 45 for engagement over the corresponding pintle 46 on the scraper blade carrier, which in the drawings is generally referred to by in numeral 47. Each hook 45 is provided with a set screw 48 which is adjustable against the pintle 46 in the manner clearly shown in Figure 4.

vided with an upstanding threaded stem 49 Each of the corresponding guides 42 is pro- 7:.

for disposition through the bifurcated shank 50 of the blade carrier 47. As is clearly shown in Figure3, a nut may be engaged on the threaded portion of the stem and may be tightened against the spring 51which spring impinges against the shank 50 so as to tensionally maintain theblade carrier in the position shown in Figure 3 with its blade 52 hearing with equal pressure throughout its entire length against the roll 31. a

I As is shown in Figure 9, the body 53 of the carrier is provided with a slot 54 for receiving the butt end" of the blade- 52 in a rigid manner.

Each of the guides 42 has a pair of opall posed tongues 55 disposed in parallel spaced relation and extending for substantially onehalf of the open area ofthe guide so that the adjustable bearing block 56 may be posi- 1:

tioned within the guides, as in the manner shown in Figure 8, to permit its engagement with the said tongues 5555; The block 56 is provided at opposite sides with the grooves 57 for receiving the said tongues 55 and by engaging the blockinto the guide in the manner shown, and shifting the same so that the tongues 5555 engage with the grooves 57 the bearing block will be prevented from-lateral displacement. I

As is clearly shown in Figure 8, the head 43 of the guide is provided with a socket 58 at its inner side in opposed relation to the socket 59 in the opposed face of the guiding b1ock,56,' and by engaging the ends v block 56.

1&8613538315 of a compressible spring inithe sockets 58 and 59, as in the manner shown 1n Figure 4,

the machine, a shaft 62 has its ends journallecb through the corresponding pair of bearing The shafts 61 and 62 are hollow to permit water cooling and project beyond the end of the machine opposite to the end thereof where the gears 28 and 29 are located.

At this end of the machine the shafts 25 and 26 are equipped with gears 63 and 64-respecwardly disposed hook 70. Each bearing block 56 is also provided with a laterally extending pintle 71 which engages into an opening in a corresponding block 72, which block.

is interposed between one of the shoulders 10 and its corresponding projection 12. The

block 7 2 snugly fits between these details and is thus prevented from rotation.

At each side of the machine there is an apron 73, which has alongitudinally extendshoulder T l at its under side and from the ends of this shoulder 74 extend pintles 75 for rest in the hooks 70. Minute adjustments of the apron may be obtained by adjusting the set screws 7 6 on the said hook 70. The

4" apron 73 has a roll engaging extension 77 flanged at its ends as at 18 and suitably bevelled at its roll engaged edge for scrapingthe ink from the corresponding roll. The opposite longitudinal edge of the extension is provided with a laterally disposed flange 79,

which is anchored in the shoulder 7 4 of the apron as in the manner clearly shown in Fi ure 3.

The apron is of integral construction, the 7 same being notched out as at 80 and 81 in such a manner and stamped in such a way as to provide the V-arranged flanges 82, one for each notch. The lower corners of the apron 73 are cut on a line converging with the ad jacent legs of the flanges 82 82 and these edge portions of the apron are provided with flanges 83. The outlets 84 are bent downwardly as in the manner shown in Figure 3 and beneath each of these outlets may be disposed a bucket or some suitable receptacle. Of course, a central receptacle may be placed so as to receive the discharge from all of the outlets if desired.

The aprons at the opposite sidesof the machine are provided at their inner sides with sockets 85, each apron preferably having only one socket-but more. if. desired to accommodate additional adjusting means which will. be described; hereinafter. This means. includes for each apron, a threaded bar 86,- one endofwhich is threadedly engagedthrough an opening in one of the side walls 6 of the machine. The opposite end of the threaded bar is provided with a ballhead 87 for disposition within the corresponding socket 85.

A collar 88 circumscribes the threaded bar 86 and is maintained against movement by an arm 89. A hand'wheel 90 is seatable on the bar 86 andagainst the said collar 88, while a compressible spring 91 is interposed between the said collar 88 and the corresponding side walls 6. It is obvious that by rotating the wheel 90 in a. given direction, the apron 73 may be adjusted so as to dispose the roll engaging; extension 77v thereof properly against the corresponding roll. 7

For feeding the bearing block 56 within the guide 42, a screw 92 is threadedly disposed through one end of the guide and equipped with a bevelled head 98'at its outer end. This head is provided with ribs or teeth 94 also arranged in a cone formation.

A shank 95 has one end threadedly engaged into the screw 92 as at 96 and isproivded with a head 97 at its outer end. A hollow frusto-conical shaped cup 98 is provided with internal teeth 99 engageable with the ribs orv teeth 94. This cup 98 is provided with a handle 100 whereby the cup may be reciprocated onthe shank 95 for engagement or disengagement with respect to the teeth 94. By. engaging the cup 98with the teeth 94 of thescrewhead and rotating the handle 100, thescrew 92 in exerting pressure against the block 56 will urge the same against the action of the spring 60 so as to regulate the relationship of the corresponding roll 31 and 67 at the front of the machine. -Thissame--arrangemcnt for adjusting the block 56 is provided for adjusting the block 23, as shown in Figure 5, excepting that the screw 92 has apin 101 projecting therefrom to act as a pointer for indicating relative positionfof the screw withrespect to a dial 102 onthe annular plate 103, suitably secured to one leg 2001? the guide 19. The operation of thescrew is identical with the same and a description of the means for adjusting the block; 56 will sufiice for the same ineansfor actuating the block23. 1 v

A. modified form of roll is disclosed in figure 15 wherein the roll generally referred to by numeral 67 is divided into sections by longitudinally spaced circumferentially eX tending, grooves 104. Partition plates 105 are provided for the ends of each roll section and an individual take-off apron generally referred tobynurneral 106 is provided: for each roll section. I These aprons 106 are constructed insubstantially the same manner as its the aprons before'described, excepting that they are of shorter lengthand that there are a greater number to correspond with the number of sections on the roll 67.

By means of this arrangement, inks of different grades or of different .color may be simultaneously rolled without liability of intermiXture.

It is to be understood that while the foregoing description sets forth the elements specifically, various changes in the shape of parts, materials, and size may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

It will be noted in Figure 16 as well as in Figure 3 that the blade 7 7 has its flange 79 also bevelled at its longitudinal edge, so that the blade may be detached from the shoulder 74: and reversed so that the flange 79 will be disposed in the position the blade 77 is now shown, thus providing a double edged blade, permitting longer use without repair.

Furthermore, it will be observed that the two discharge rolls67 and 68 pick up the ink removed by the knives 52 to prevent the regrinding of the same between the rolls 30 and 31. By way of comparison, let it be understood. that the present invention uses four knives and two discharge aprons as compared with other ink mills now in use wherein one apron and one knife enables the machine to increase the output from between three and four times that of conventional types of mills.

It will also be observed that the employing of two feed rolls (namely rolls 30 and 31) rotating in opposed directions permit the ink to feed away towards opposite sides of the machine thus affording a discharge at the front and rear side of the machine, which has not been embodied in any machine now in use. 1

In adjusting the rolls, rolls 30 and 31 are first adjusted perfectly, after which rolls 67 and 68 are adjusted, and in this manner there is no strain tending to throw the rolls previously adjusted out of line with the frame or with each other. The entire machine per mits a perfection of adjustment each succeeding adjustment not interfering in any manner with previous adjustments.

The grooving of the rolls (as-shown in Fig. 15) and the special construction of the sectional apron permits the simultaneous rolling of several different ink colors and the particular partition arrangement disposedwithj in the groove, which while preventing ink from adjoining troughs to flow into each other will take care of any ink that might accidentally pass over one of the partitions 106. The space between the partition 106 is sufficient to permit the insertion of a knife or some other suitable tool to remove any ink deposit therein. I I

Obviously, the cans in which the ink is to be sold may be positioned immediately be Having describedthe invention, what is.

claimed as new is:

1. An ink rolling mill comprising a pair of upper stationary rolls, and an adjustable lower roll for each upper stationary roll, a water cooled shaft for each of said rolls, a bearing block for the shaft of each of thesaid adj ustable rolls, a swingably supported guide for each of the blocks, and means for adjusting the said guide.

2. An ink rolling mill comprising a pair of upper stationary rolls, and an adjustable lower roll for each upper stationary roll, a Water cooled shaft for each of said rolls, abearing block for the shaft of each of the said adj ustable rolls, a swingably supported guide for each of the blocks, and means for adj usting the said-blo-ckwithin the guide.

3. An ink rolling mill comprising a pair of upper stationary rolls, and an adjustable lower roll for each upper stationary roll, a water cooled shaft for each of said rolls, a hearing block for the shaft of each of the said adjustable rolls, a swingably supported guide for each of the blocks, and screw means for adjusting the said block, said means comprising a screw disposed through one end of each guide and for engagement against the corresponding block, the outer end of the screw being provided with a conical shaped toothed head, a shank extending from the head, a cup slidable on the shank, and provided with internal teeth engageable with the teeth of the screwhead, and a handle on thecup for shifting the cup on the shank and for rotating the said cup.

- 4. In a mill of the character describedcomprising grinding rolls, said grinding rolls being provided at predetermined intervals with circumferentially extending grooves, partition plates for engagement between the rolls andopposite sides of each groove, an apron extending away from one of the rolls, a pair of partitions extendingtransversely on the apron,the inner ends of the partitions of the aprons being .disposed within one of the grooves, and a plurality of outlets on each apron.

' 5; In a mill of the character described comprising a pair of grinding rolls, each of. said rolls being provided with a circumferential groove at its intermediate portion, a partition extending downwardly to contact with the rolls at each side of their grooves, a'partition at each end of the rolls in contact withsaid rolls, and a discharge apron leading off from one of said rolls.

' g. 6. In a mill of the character described comprising a pair of grinding rolls, each of-said rolls being provided with a circumferential groove at its intermediate portion, a partition extending downwardly to contact with the rolls at each side of their grooves, a partition at each end of the rolls in contact with said rolls, and a discharge apron leading off from one of said rolls, the discharge apron being provided with a pair of closely spaced paral lel partitions extending toward the roll, and aving its inner end disposed within the said grooves thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM H. BYRD. 

